Author record · 2017 to 2024

Phillip B. Williams: Awards and Best-of Lists

Phillip B. Williams has won 3 awards, including the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award (2017) for Thief in the Interior, with 3 shortlist or finalist places and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2024OursJames Tait Black Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Fiction
2024OursThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2024OursLos Angeles Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2024OursNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2024OursKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2024Ours: A NovelChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fiction
2022MutinyAmerican Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Book
2022MutinyPEN America Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection
2017Thief in the InteriorLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Gay Poetry
2017Thief in the InteriorKingsley Tufts Poetry Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Kate Tufts Discovery Award
2017Thief in the InteriorHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry

Books

  1. Ours6 sources · 2024
  2. Thief in the Interior3 sources · 2017
  3. Mutiny2 sources · 2022